Quotes of Laggard - somelinesforyou

“ The Goat and the Goatherd A goatherd had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master… ”

- Aesop

“ Men, like snails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend. ”

- Walter Savage Landor

“ Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ By perseverance the snails reached the ark. ”

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“ An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live. ”

- William Cowper

“ Her pretty feet Like snails did creep A little out, and then, As if they played at bo-peep Did soon draw in agen. ”

- Robert Herrick

“ Though snails are exceedingly slow, There is one thing I'd like to know. If I out run 'em round the yard, How come they beat me to the chard? ”

- Allen Klein

“ Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to "get by.". ”

- Unknown

“ I remember reading somewhere about an organization called Procrastinators Anonymous. I think they had been in existence for some years but had never gotten around to having a meeting. ”

- Unknown

“ I remember reading somewhere about an organization called Procrastinators Anonymous. I think they had been in existence for some years but had never gotten around to having a meeting. ”

- Unknown

“ In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all. ”

- Iris Murdoch

“ Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. ”

- Ivan Turgenev

“ Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing! ”

- Donald Gardner

“ By perseverance the snail reached the ark. ”

- Charles Spurgeon
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